Earlier work of Tite Kubo (author of Bleach) set in a somewhat familiar but distinctive, Wild West-tinted world. Guns, gangs, swords, weird arts on border of magic - everything is used by various hunters to collect twelve Rings of Dead. Zombie Powder, a powerful substance produced by the rings, has a power to bring the dead back to life and make the living immortal. No wonder that so many want to get it and among them the hero of the story Akutabi Gamma, his mysterious partner C.T. Smith, paparazzi of justice Wolfgangina and sidekick John Elwood Shepherd, each for their own purpose.

Sadly, the manga was canceled after its fourth volume, leaving many mysteries unsolved.

Zombiepowder. includes examples of the following tropes:

Acrofatic: Both Kinqro and Shackaboon seem to have little trouble moving around despite both being as fat as sumo wrestlers.

And the Adventure Continues: The story pretty much ends with Gamma and C.T deciding to continue the quest on their own. Abandoning John while Wolfina agrees to an operation in order to get the ring off her brother. And..yeah that's pretty much it.

Attempted Rape: The Snods, a desert gang led by a man named Scamandero attempt to gang rape a woman near the beginning of the second volume of the manga. Luckily, Wolfina shows up just in time and allows the girl to escape by distracting them and later humiliating them with the photos she takes.

Anyone Can Die: Elwood's sister in the first chapter, along with several other major characters and many, many minor characters.

Eye Scream: Gamma's little stunt with a ring of the dead in volume 2 was about half a second away from costing him an eye when he decided to stop it.

Fanservice: Kubo Tite indulges Calder's fangirls by drawing him with his hair down in one of the omake pages, just as requested.

Wolfina crushing people with her H-cups.

Fantastic Drug: The potent anti-aging drug Phenixamin is mentioned as a minor plot point. The titular Zombie Powder itself could also count. (It even has the nickname "The Devil's Medicine" in-universe.)

Ill Girl: Elwood's older sister has a heart condition. Because of this he is forced to join a gang to afford her medicine. This leads to her being killed by the gang's leader and motivating Elwood to join Gamma in his quest so he can revive her.

Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game: A non-sexualized example. One of the chapters starts with a two-spread with floating heads of all the major characters, including some that never appeared anywhere else before the series' cancellation.

Monster Clown: A few of Balmunk's goons are this. They do down pretty easily to Gamma and Smith, though.

Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Gamma's nicknamed the "Black-armed shinigami." The black-armed god of death. Also C.T. Smith judging by Falzon's reaction to hearing it.

Offhand Backhand: C.T. Smith, while in the middle of a gunfight, using Guns Akimbo. Flips one of his guns over his shoulder and headshots a mook threatening another main character, then switches back without missing a beat.

Older Than They Look: Ranewater Calder, leader of the Ash Daughter Gang. Although he looks like a young boy, is actually an old man who manages to retain his youthful looks with Phoenix-Samin. His nickname is actually "Old Man Calder".

Red Right Hand: Akutabi Gamma's right hand. Not truly knows if it is really red but it fits the general description.

Rule of Cool: The main character has a chainsaw sword, can catch bullets with his bare hands, and shoots black flames to attack his foes.

Schizo Tech: Despite being a Wild West setting, there have been payphones, flash photography, cars, motorcycles, alarm systems and automatic guns.

A bonus page in the third volume also shows Elwood and Wolfina visiting a movie theater and singing on a karaoke machine.

Science Fantasy: There have also been arts bordering on magic, a girl who can teleport, and of course the Rings of the Dead.

Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Kinqro's entire gang when they realize that fighting Gamma is a death sentence. Calder tries to do this when he realizes he can't win, but Gamma manages to finish him off before he can get away.

Superpowered Evil Side: Homicidal The Black Armed Death which showed up a little in a fight with Mystic. Possibly subverted because Gamma claimed that "I don't need "that guy" anymore!" and beat up the incoming monster all by himself.

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